United Kingdom. A Lot of Three Medals (South Africa / Indian General Service / Volunteer Long Service) Auction Included here is a transcript

Included here is a transcript of a speech Thomsen gave to Major Wilhelm Siegert in 1916 on occasion of him being awarded the Knight’s Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords

measuring 42 mm (w) x 16 mm (h)

(Cruces del Mérito Militar)

later transferring to Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon Altenburg (1941) before briefly serving with Gruppe Geheime Feldpolizei 729 (Secret Field Police

United Kingdom. A Lot of Three Medals (South Africa / Indian General Service / Volunteer Long Service) Auction Included here is a transcriptA lot of three medals and decorations, consisting of: 1. A Queens South Africa Medal with Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Cape Colony Clasps. Instituted in 1900. A round circular silver (tested) medal, the obverse depicting a crowned and veiled effigy of Queen Victoria facing left and circumscribed by her name and title, the reverse depicting Britannia holding the Union Flag in her left and and a laurel wreath in her right hand, the right background